Taiwanese bulker owner Wisdom Marine is diversifying into gas shipping with an order for an LPG carrier.

The company said on its website it would spend JPY 2.3bn ($20.22m) on a 6,400-gt vessel at Murakami Hide in Japan.

Directors approved the move at the end of February.

No delivery date was given.

Wisdom is listed with 136 ships in its fleet, including a series of bulkers on orders.

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